Priests call for change in abuse processes
18/2/08
Geelong priest Fr Kevin Dillon yesterday called on priests to stop trivialising sexual abuse allegations while Sydney’s Fr Chris Riley says that the Church’s Towards Healing process is a joke and should be scrapped. Fr Chris Riley, who heads Youth Off The Streets, a Sydney welfare service that assists homeless, drug addicted and abused young people, said the Towards Healing program hurt the Church’s credibility and meant victims often did not have their day in court, reports say. He told the Nine Network that any family confronted with sexual abuse should go straight to the police and have the matter dealt with in court.
See: http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=8172
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24036050-5006784,00.html
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/07/18/16245 _news.html
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